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Appeal To My Father (Poetry) by Ayibaba1: 10:59am On Sep 19, 2017 |
Appeal To My Father by Olatunji Ayimora Indeed my father is as thick as baobab tree Black, tall, large and wealthy My fathers has many farmlands with crops and animals My father is a man of many wives A father of many children he is None of his wives is barren Out of my father's wives three are very large As large as mother elephants One of the three is not happy with my father Once fought the whole house just to leave my father Father fought back just to stop her from going with her children What is it about her that father could not let go? Her round waist with beads and ornaments? Her robust legs with ankle bracelets? Her face like a moon in her glory? Her many children with the look of my father? Indeed, my father's wife is beautiful For many years we dwell in peace again Peace of the grave yard it is Trust is scarce in my father's house My father is apparently not doing anything about it. My step mother do not feel easy She wanted her freedom from my father Freedom like a bird out of shackles Freedom like a fox out of the snare Freedom like a fish out of the net My mother and the other wives are not happy either Father is not treating any of them well My father's children suffer everyday They struggle in the midst of plenty The farms that my father has Belong to each of his wives When any of them leaves, my father's wealth diminishes also My father has nothing of his own But my father's ways are crooked How can we help my father? How will he ever change his ways? Who do will call to talk to him? Will he ever listen to the voice of elders? Does he ever listen to the voice of reason? I love my father with all my heart Because I am my father's son But my father needs help My father is afraid of tomorrow Is my father's fear misplaced? Or should he be afraid? There is tension in my father's house "Yeepa", " yeepa", " yeepa" Who will call my father to order From killing one of his wives The mother I love so much Father is going crazy He is beginning to dance in the market Will father dance naked? People are asking what is wrong with my father What is wrong with my father? Fathers are mirrors They show children the path They show mothers the way The task is not an easy one But other fathers are succeeding Will my father succeed? Elders of our time and clime Plead my father's course to his estranged wife Perhaps she will sheathe her sword And see reasons with my father And stay with my father The elders that see the future Plead father's course to his wife Things are not always the way they seem Mother can not take the place of father In the life of my brothers My brothers are of different colors Some are hairy and some are bare None can take the place of our father Father, please sleep seven sleeps You will see what others see When you wake up after the seventh The wisdom released to you Use it to set your house in order That your wives and children May have soft spots for you This is a plea from a son Who loves his brothers And all his father's wives This son loves his father's many farmlands And a big compound, bigger than other fathers. |
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